William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown